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Working Papers

2025

1. The Economy, the Ghost in Your Gene, and the Escape from Premature Mortality
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2024

2. Birth Order in the Very Long-Run: Estimating Firstborn Premiums between 1850 and 1940
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
3. Climbing the Ivory Tower: How Socio-Economic Background Shapes Academia
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
4. Teaching Teachers To Use Computer Assisted Learning Effectively: Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Evidence
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
5. The G.I. Bill, Standardized Testing, and Socioeconomic Origins of the U.S. Educational Elite Over a Century
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2023

6. Breakthroughs in Historical Record Linking Using Genealogy Data: The Census Tree Project
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
7. Family Trees and Falling Apples: Historical Intergenerational Mobility Estimates for Women and Men
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
8. Intergenerational Transmission of Lifespan in the US
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
9. Who (Actually) Gets the Farm? Intergenerational Farm Succession in the United States
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2021

10. Old Boys' Clubs and Upward Mobility Among the Educational Elite
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2020

11. Disentangling Motivation and Study Productivity as Drivers of Adolescent Human Capital Formation: Evidence from a Field Experiment and Structural Analysis
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
12. The Association Between Educational Attainment and Longevity using Individual Level Data from the 1940 Census
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
13. The Winners and Losers of Immigration: Evidence from Linked Historical Data
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)

2019

14. Combining Family History and Machine Learning to Link Historical Records
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)

2016

15. Affirmative Action And Human Capital Investment: Theory And Evidence From A Randomized Field Experiment
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (2)
16. Correcting For Bias In Hot Hand Analysis: Analyzing Performance Streaks In Youth Golf
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University

2015

17. Which Explanations For Gender Differences In Competition Are Consistent With A Simple Theoretical Model?
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (2)

2014

18. Affirmative Action and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
19. Awareness Reduces Racial Bias
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (10)
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2014)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2014)

2011

20. Sticking with What (Barely) Worked
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2010

21. Causes of Gender Differences in Competition: Theory and Evidence
    Working Papers, University of Miami, Department of Economics
22. Pay-to-Bid Auctions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
23. The Gender Gap Cracks Under Pressure: A Detailed Look at Male and Female Performance Differences During Competitions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

2009

24. Changing the Price of Marriage: Evidence from Blood Test Requirements
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Changing the Price of Marriage: Evidence from Blood Test Requirements, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2011) View citations (19) (2011)
25. Gender Differences Disappear with Exposure to Competition
    Working Papers, University of Miami, Department of Economics View citations (12)
26. Interracial Workplace Cooperation: Evidence from the NBA
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article INTERRACIAL WORKPLACE COOPERATION: EVIDENCE FROM THE NBA, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (2013) View citations (11) (2013)

2007

27. Racial Discrimination Among NBA Referees
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (36)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2007) View citations (35)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (45)
    See also Journal Article Racial Discrimination Among NBA Referees, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2010) View citations (165) (2010)

2006

28. Inside the Black Box of Doctoral Education: What Program Characteristics Influence Doctoral Students' Attrition and Graduation Probabilities?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
29. The Hot Hand, Competitive Experience, and Performance Differences by Gender
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)

2005

30. Long-term contracts, experience and on-the-job training: Evidence from the NBA
    IASE Conference Papers, International Association of Sports Economists

Journal Articles

2017

1. Production spillovers: Are they valued?
   IZA World of Labor, 2017, 377
2. Productivity Spillovers in Team Production: Evidence from Professional Basketball
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2017, 35, (1), 191 - 225 View citations (53)

2016

3. Habit formation in children: Evidence from incentives for healthy eating
   Journal of Health Economics, 2016, 45, (C), 47-54 View citations (49)

2015

4. Sticking with What (Barely) Worked: A Test of Outcome Bias
   Management Science, 2015, 61, (5), 1121-1136 View citations (20)

2014

5. Pornography and Marriage
   Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2014, 35, (4), 489-498 View citations (9)
6. Technological Change, Relative Worker Productivity, and Firm-Level Substitution
   Journal of Sports Economics, 2014, 15, (5), 478-496 View citations (2)
7. The influence of FDA advisory information and black box warnings on individual use of prescription antidepressants
   Review of Economics of the Household, 2014, 12, (4), 771-790 View citations (5)

2013

8. Gender differences in repeated competition: Evidence from school math contests
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2013, 86, (C), 52-66 View citations (36)
9. INTERRACIAL WORKPLACE COOPERATION: EVIDENCE FROM THE NBA
   Economic Inquiry, 2013, 51, (1), 1026-1034 View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper Interracial Workplace Cooperation: Evidence from the NBA, NBER Working Papers (2009) View citations (1) (2009)
10. Nontraditional Families and Childhood Progress Through School: A Comment on Rosenfeld
    Demography, 2013, 50, (3), 955-961 View citations (9)
11. RATINGS AND REVENUES: EVIDENCE FROM MOVIE RATINGS
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 2013, 31, (1), 13-21 View citations (7)
12. Selection and the Marriage Premium for Infant Health
    Demography, 2013, 50, (4), 1315-1339 View citations (19)
13. Taxing the Opposition: Cactus League Attendance and the Efficiency of the ‘Cubs Tax’
    International Journal of Sport Finance, 2013, 8, (2), 157-170
14. The Role of Risk Preferences in Pay-to-Bid Auctions
    Management Science, 2013, 59, (9), 2117-2134 View citations (14)
15. Using Incentives to Encourage Healthy Eating in Children
    Journal of Human Resources, 2013, 48, (4) View citations (55)

2012

16. BIASED REFEREES?: RECONCILING RESULTS WITH THE NBA'S ANALYSIS
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 2012, 30, (3), 320-328 View citations (4)
17. Subperfect Game: Profitable Biases of NBA Referees
    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2012, 21, (1), 271-300 View citations (31)
18. The Role of Variety in Increasing the Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables Among Children
    Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2012, 41, (01), 10 View citations (2)
19. Within-family variation in obesity
    Economics & Human Biology, 2012, 10, (4), 333-339 View citations (6)

2011

20. Beyond Employment and Income: The Association Between Young Adults’ Finances and Marital Timing
    Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2011, 32, (3), 424-436 View citations (13)
21. Changing the Price of Marriage: Evidence from Blood Test Requirements
    Journal of Human Resources, 2011, 46, (3) View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper Changing the Price of Marriage: Evidence from Blood Test Requirements, NBER Working Papers (2009) View citations (3) (2009)
22. Educational gaps in medical care and health behavior: Evidence from US Natality data
    Economics of Education Review, 2011, 30, (5), 838-849 View citations (1)
23. Performance Under Pressure in the NBA
    Journal of Sports Economics, 2011, 12, (3), 231-252 View citations (35)

2010

24. Racial Discrimination Among NBA Referees
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2010, 125, (4), 1859-1887 View citations (165)
    See also Working Paper Racial Discrimination Among NBA Referees, NBER Working Papers (2007) View citations (36) (2007)

2009

25. Patient education and the impact of new medical research
    Journal of Health Economics, 2009, 28, (6), 1166-1174 View citations (26)

2008

26. Gender Differences in the Response to Competition
    ILR Review, 2008, 61, (3), 320-333 View citations (32)
27. Parent-Child Quality Time: Does Birth Order Matter?
    Journal of Human Resources, 2008, 43, (1) View citations (232)
28. Racial Bias in the NBA: Implications in Betting Markets
    Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, 2008, 4, (2), 21 View citations (11)

Chapters

2011

1. High School Sports and Teenage Births
   Chapter 10 in The Economics of Sport, Health and Happiness, 2011
2. Is it Just about Love? Factors that Influence Marriage
   Chapter 1 in Research Handbook on the Economics of Family Law, 2011